Hurumende yeUS OKs Delta, Northwest merger

Kubatanidzwa kwakarongwa kweDelta Air Lines Inc. neNorthwest Airlines Corp. kwakabvisa chimwe chipingamupinyi chehurumende neMuvhuro. IUnited States Federal Aviation Administration yakagamuchira zvirongwa neAtlanta-based Delta uye Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest nokuda kwechitupa chimwechete chekushanda chemutakuri akabatanidzwa, ndege dzakaziviswa muhurukuro yenhau.

Zvirongwa zvakaunzwa nevatakuri zvinotsanangura zvaizoitwa nendege mukati memwedzi gumi nemishanu kusvika gumi nemisere inotevera kubatanidza mashandiro avo ezuva nezuva uye kuwana chitupa chimwe chete chekushanda, vatakuri vakadaro. Chitupa ichi chaizobvumira vendege kuti vabatanidze mashandiro mushure mekuvharwa kwekubatana kuri kuda kuitwa, izvo zvinonzi nevakuru veDelta zvinogona kupera mukupera kwegore.

"Ichi chiitiko chakakosha mukuedza kwedu kuunganidza ndege dzedu mbiri," akadaro John Laughter, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weDelta wezvekugadzirisa mabasa, mukuburitswa kwenhau.

Delta yakazivisa muna Kubvumbi kuti ichabatana neNorthwest muchibvumirano chemadhora mabhiriyoni gumi nemazana manomwe nemazana manomwe, icho chaizogadzira mutakuri mukuru pasi rose.

"Kugamuchirwa kwechirongwa chedu kunoisa hwaro hwekuchinja kwakanaka kwemabasa edu," akadaro Ken Hylander, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weNorthwest wezvekuchengetedza, mainjiniya uye mukuru wekuchengetedza. "Chinangwa chedu chikuru ndechekuita shanduko isina musono kune vatengi vedu uye iri idanho rakakura kusvika kumagumo."

Vese vari vaviri vatakuri vevatakuri vakarongerwa kuvhota pakubatanidzwa kweChina, nemvumo inotarisirwa zvakanyanya. Mubatanidzwa uyu watowana mvumo kubva kuEuropean Commission uye DL neNWA vanoti vari kutarisira kupihwa mvumo neDept. of Justice muUS mukupera kwegore.

Ndege yakabatanidzwa, ichadaidzwa kuti Delta, ichashandisa boka guru rendege dzinoda kusvika mazana masere uye inoshandisa vashandi vanosvika zviuru makumi manomwe neshanu pasi rese.

Merger aizotyisidzira mapenjeni evashandi - mamiriro ezvinhu anonzi nendege haana kunaka.

Vashandi vekuNorthwest vane zviuru gumi nezviviri nemazana mashanu vanomiririrwa neInternational Association of Machinists uye Aerospace Workers vane hurongwa hwepenjeni hwechinyakare hunobhadhara mari yemwedzi. "Kubatanidzwa kweDelta-Northwest kusingafungirwe kuchakanganisa zvese zvavakashandira uku vachiparadza ndege mbiri dzakambokura uye nekutyisidzira kugadzikana kwebazi redu reinishuwarenzi yepenjeni," akadaro Robert Roach, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weIAM.

"Izvi zvingaremedza PBGC nemari inodarika $15.6 bhiriyoni mune mamwe zvikwereti pamusoro peiyo $ 13.1 bhiriyoni yekushomeka kwegore rezvemari 2007," Roach akadaro.

Mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weDelta, VaRobert Kight, vakati vakuru vendege "vanoziva vashandi vedu nevakaenda pamudyandigere vanogona kunge vachinetsekana nekuchinja kuri kuuya," asi kubatanidzwa kuchaita kuti vachengetedzeke nekubvumidza vatakuri kuderedza mitengo panguva iyo mitengo yemafuta yakakwira zvakanyanya. purofiti. Kunyange Dhipatimendi reRuramisiro roga rine simba rekuvharisa kubatanidzwa pazvikonzero zvekusavimbana, Congress inonyora mitemo inochengetedza mabhenefiti emudyandigere.

Vagadziri vemitemo vanoda kuve nechokwadi chekuti kana kubatanidzwa kwendege kuchipera, "hupenyu hwevaretire" "hahuna kuparadzwa," sachigaro wekomiti Robert Andrews, DNJ. "Pane nyaya dzakadzama dzemudyandigere pano."

Kunze kwevatyairi vayo, vashandi veDelta havana hukama. Vanenge vese vanokodzera vashandi vekuNorthwest vakabatanidzwa.

Kune vashandi vendege, kunetseka nezve penjeni hakuna musoro. Thomas Kochan, purofesa weMIT anodzidza nezvendege, akaudza komiti kuti pakati pa2001 na2005, ndege dzeUS dzakabvisa mabasa zviuru zana. Pakati pekubhuroka kwemari, zvirongwa gumi nezvitanhatu zvepenjeni zvinobata vashandi mazana maviri nemakumi mana ezviuru zvakamiswa ndokuendeswa kuPBGC.